The general name for the
cation H+;
the species
H−
is the hydride
anion and
H
is the hydro group. These are general names to be used without regard to the nuclear
mass of the hydrogen entity, either for hydrogen in its natural abundance or where
it is not desired to distinguish between the
isotopes.
Source:
PAC, 1988, 60, 1115
(Names for hydrogen atoms, ions, and groups, and for reactions involving them (Recommendations
1988))
on page 1116
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1123
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
